Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Discusses the Eads' Tehuan.
tepec Bill, but Final Action Is
Not Taken on 1t.
The House Receives Message From the
President vetoing the Dependent
Pensions Bill.
XLlN COSGREs s..
THE SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Feb. IL The presid-
ing officer presented message from the
President with consular reports on the
extent and character of emigration and
immigration. Referred to the committee
on foreign affairs for action.
The JOINT resolution, heretofore in
troduced by Senator Morrill,, for the
preservation of official documents, CORE
spondence and other material IN the
United States consulates ana embassies
abroad was taken up and passed.
\ resolution directing the commit
tee on education and labor to con-
tinue during the recess and complete
The investigation as to the relation
between labor and C5pital was adopted
The resolution heretofore offered by
Senator Plumb calling on the Secretary Of
the Interior for information as to the ex-
istence of @ rule in the Pension Office
whereby hearings are refused to appli-
cants because they have applied to Con-
gress for relief, was adopted.
Senator Stanford Introduced a bill to
provide heavy guns for the armament of
forts, coast defenses and vessels of the
United States. Ref rrcd.
The Senate then resumed consideration
OF the Eads' Tehuantepee bin, and Sens-
tor HOar concluded his argument in sup
port of it.
The bill was then laid aside Temporal
rily and the Senate proceeded to cOnsid-
Grafton of the postCfiice appropriation
bill.
Senator Plumb, q member of the COM
mittee on appropriations, having charge
of the bill, made an explanatory state
nent With the exception of single
item, he said, the bill go far as appropIia-
tons of money went was Just as it came
from the House, aud that it was precisely
according t the estimates of the depart
ment. So far as the appropriations re-
lated to supplies and things of that sort
they were undoubtedly what was
fairly required, nothing more and
nothing less They indicated economy
and care in the administration, still the
bill! was not what he thought it ought to
be, so far as the interests Of the service
were concerned, without reference TO the
mere saving OF money. The appropria-
ton for the star route service (the service
~ horseback and wagon WAS as asked
for by the department, S., 100000. Last
year the approx ration for the same ser
vice was So, $4,000, or S450,000 more than
in this hlll. People in sparsely settled re-
gions should have a mail service which
they had right to respect, and this re-
SardlesS of any pretence OF economy or
for any purpose of merely saving money.
There should be fair, square under
standing thas the po5tofli;e department
everywhere, on The railroads, steamboats,,
high seas, on the great prairies by means
OF the Star service should be first and
foremost in liberality with a
thorough reliance on Congress to
carry 1t out Independent of the
question whether the postal revenues
met expenditures or not. The House
bill was amended by the insertion of an
lem providing that 20 boxes for the col
vection of mail matter by carriers shall
be placed inside OF any building, except a
public building or buildings which are
freely open to the public during business
hours, and railroad stations. The amend
ment as to the transportation of South
American mails was not taken up for con-
sideratior, as it was expected to lead to
debate, and the bill was laid aside till
tomorrow,
The House bill to divide the Eastern
Judicial district of Arkansas into two d.
visions was passed with amendments.
The House bill empowering the Fort
Worth and Denver City Railway Compa
ny to construct and operate railway
through the Indian Territory was passed.
A motion to reconsider the. vote passing
it was entered by Mr.. PIatt, so thst he
might have time to examine it.
The Senate then adjourned until to-
morrow.
THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. ll.-MOst of the
session was consumed in discussion in
committee of the whole of bill extend
ing the patent of James J. Johnston of
Columbiana, Ohio, for en- Improvement in
n the process for evaporating liquids, but
no tusl action was taken
At :45 p. III. the Presidents private
secretary was announced. He presented
q message from the President trsnsmit
ting without his approval the dependent
pension bill. The reading Of the message
was followed with en- attention more
strict than is generally accorded to such
documents.
At its conclusion Mr.. Matson of Indiana
moved that the bill and accompanying
message be referred 10 the committee on
Invalid pensions, promising they would
DE reported back within the coming week.
The motion was agreed 10, 49, to ~.
The House then took recess, the even
ing session to be for the consideration of
pension bills.